Cooking Italian Recipes is a blog style website devoted to preserving the old family recipes of my Sicilian heritage. Cooking authentic Italian food is easy, fun and delicious! Some of these Italian dishes are new takes on old traditional family gourmet recipes. Here, we will also get into home wine making, review products and comment on wine - food pairings. Enjoy.

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Christmas Food Ideas - Traditional Italian Christmas Dinner

Hello Everyone,First off, I want that thank all of my readers for stopping by and want to wish you and your families a very happy holiday season! For all Italians, especially Sicilians, Christmas is family time, where we get together and share good food, wine and family togetherness. Food, of course, brings us together, and I wanted to share some Christmas Food Ideas with you, for your Traditional Italian Christmas Dinner. What says Christmas like a family gathering with all you your most loved people, with excellent Christmas Food and Wine! Of course, like most Italian family gatherings, it will be loud, there will be some arguing, yelling, mis-understandings, and the televisions will be blaring in every single room, but hey, that is what Italian's do during the holidays! Thank God for Wine!
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Strufoli - A Festive Christmas Food Idea

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Italian Rice Balls Strufoli - Traditional Christmas Food Idea

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Eggplant Parm is a great Vegetarian Christmas Food Idea

So, let's start off with the bread. This is something you want to start at least two days before, and it is easy if you use the No Knead Method. So, here is my No Knead Bread recipe, as the first of my Christmas Food Ideas. This is really easy to make, so definitely give it a try. The great thing is that you can make the dough a head of time, and make it fresh for your Christmas Dinner! Another kind of Italian bread is the Ciabatta. There is no better Christmas Food Idea than fresh baked bread! Brush some of it with egg whites and sprinkle with sesame seeds before baking!The next of my Christmas Food Ideas is a Traditional Italian Appetizer, called an Antipasto Platter. My article of how to make an Antipasto Platter will show you how you can easily make your own and impress your family and friends. A nice glass of wine is an excellent accompaniment to this delicious appetizer. The soups I am suggesting for my Christmas Food Ideas are Pasta Fagioli and Grandma's Chicken Soup. We love soup during the winter months.... Italians usually have multiple things for dinners at family gatherings, Christmas and Easter are usually two of the biggest. So, I will suggest a few Christmas Food Ideas for dinner options. Usually several are made.Turkey MeatballsChicken CacciatoreChicken Cutlet ParmesanTurkey LasagnaEggplant ParmesanChicken MarsalaManicottiFor my side dish Christmas Food Ideas are:Rice BallsShrimp ScampiStuffed Mushrooms

Don't forget a nice Romaine Salad, with lettuce and tomatoes. The Red and Green of this salad make it a perfect Christmas Food Idea. Choose your favorite vinaigrette as a dressing.And for Dessert if you can fit it!TiramisuItalian Sesame CookiesStrufolliI hope these Christmas Food Ideas are helpful for you and your family to have a festive Holiday meal with your loved ones. From my family to your's, I am wishing you the most happy and healthy family season.

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Hello All,

Welcome to Cooking-Italian-Recipes.com! This blog is dedicated to the Italian cooking that I grew up on, Italian wine making and family traditions.

As a child, growing up a Sicilian, in New York, the aromas of this fine cooking permeating my home were an everyday occurrence. Getting to eat this fine Italian Cooking, from Grandma, I quickly became spoiled.

Here, I will share my modern day experiences, re-creating in the present from the memories of the past.

I think what makes this website different from others like it, is that I am just a regular guy. I am not a chef, nor do I do I cook for a living. You will not find me on Food Network! Not that I think there is anything wrong with Food Network... The point being is I am not some famous chef on TV. Just a regular every day Sicilian guy with no formal chef training.

So, if I can cook these Italian recipes, so can you! No special skills or training is required. All of the Italian recipes I present here are simple.

When I cook, most of the time, I believe less is more. I don't like to over complicate dishes. Flavors, in my opinion, should not compete with one another, but should support and enhance each other. Gourmet doesn't have to be complicated. It should be defined with that it tastes good.

Please feel free to give my Italian Recipes a try... Modify them as you wish.

And, if you enjoy them, please pass them down to your children and grandchildren! Build family traditions and memories around these Italian dishes.

As my grandmother used to say, Italian food is about love. To the memory of my Grandmother, I dedicate this site.